Job 32:22
New Living Translation
22 For if I tried flattery,
my Creator would soon destroy me.
1 Thessalonians 2:5
New Living Translation
5 Never once did we try to win you with flattery, as you well know. And God is our witness that we were not pretending to be your friends just to get your money!
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Galatians 1:10
New Living Translation
10 Obviously, I’m not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant.
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Proverbs 29:5
New Living Translation
5 To flatter friends
is to lay a trap for their feet.
Psalm 12:2-3
New Living Translation
2 Neighbors lie to each other,
speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts.
3 May the Lord cut off their flattering lips
and silence their boastful tongues.
Job 17:5
New Living Translation
5 They betray their friends for their own advantage,
so let their children faint with hunger.
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